Size reduction of bulk materials is necessary for additional product processing in several industries. To lower the size of the material, industries use different types of size reduction equipment. Any solid substance can be reduced to coarse, granular, or powder form by using this equipment.
A size reduction equipment has wide applications across industries that include chemical, animal feed, agriculture, minerals, pharmaceutical, bakeries, food processing, and others. When you go to the market to choose a size reduction equipment, you have to consider the raw material that needs processing through the equipment and the size of the end product.
There are, at present, five different types of size reduction equipment available in the market, including the following:
• Lump breakers
• Full-screen hammer mills
• Mega Hammer Mills
• Fine grinders
• Air classifying Mills
Let us share some important details about these equipment(s) and their applications.
Lump Breakers
This size reduction equipment is used to break compacted material for further processing. This equipment can reduce the size of the material of any solid bulk material to a consistent size.
Screen Hammer Mills
The hammer mills are used to reduce the dimension of the articles to ensure they are of uniform size. It is done through the repeated blow of swinging hammers mounted on the rotating shaft in the chamber of this equipment.
Mega Hammer Mills
This type of equipment is used for a job in which the size reduction of the material should be somewhere between those produced by the hammer mills and the fine grinders. This efficient equipment provides a uniform grinding of any bulk solid material, and it also requires less airflow compared to the traditional hammer mill.
Fine Grinders
This size reduction equipment helps in producing fine mesh size particles with uniform particle size distribution. It is widely used in the sugar and resin industry.
Air Classifying Mills
This equipment uses a fine grinding impact wheel in tandem with an internal classifier to create an efficient material reduction solution where you need a very fine particle size as the final product.
Now that you have understood the various types of size reduction equipment(s) available in the market, you are in a better position to find out which one of these optimally fulfills your specific needs.
